Year in Review: What to make of Arroyo's '09 season... Well, he won 15 games for the second straight season, which is nice to see from a fantasy perspective. However, the right-hander posted a 4.78 FIP, which takes the shine off of his 3.84 ERA. He also saw his strikeout rate plummet to a near-career-low of 5.19 K/9 after sitting at 7.34 K/9 in '08. Arroyo also struggled with the long ball (1.27 HR/9). Arroyo won't hurt fantasy managers by walking batters, but he'll give up his fair share of hits. He survives with a well-below-average fastball because of good breaking balls.

The Year Ahead: On the plus side, Arroyo has pitched 200+ innings in each of the past five seasons and that kind of consistency is hard to find. Now 33, he should still be able to provide innings for the next couple of seasons, at least. Because he plays in a good hitter's park and is a fly-ball pitcher, Arroyo will likely continue to struggle to be a key fantasy contributor. Despite that fact, he's a nice addition to the middle of your staff, because of the innings he provides, even in deep mixed leagues. (Marc Hulet)

Profile: Bronson Arroyo will be returning to the crowded Cincinnati Reds rotation in 2011 after the Reds picked up his 2011 option en route to a three-year extension. Of any of the potential six to seven starting pitchers vying for spots, Arroyo has his position as the No. 1 starter most intact, mostly because he has been consistent in getting 200+ innings of work each of the past six seasons. After three seasons of 6.50+ K/9, Arroyo’s strikeout rate dropped to 5.05 K/9 in 2010. Without 150-160 strikeouts a season like he was used to getting, Arroyo’s fantasy value drops dramatically. And while Arroyo held a 3.88 ERA and 1.15 WHIP, the decreased strikeout rate and an unsustainable .246 BABIP in 2010 suggests an increase in the rates of runs and hits allowed. Still, pencil him in for 200+ innings of decent value for your fantasy team, perhaps as a No. 3 or 4 starter for the standard 12-team league. Expect just under a 4.00 ERA and 1.30 WHIP and 130 strikeouts for the season. (Albert Lyu)

The Quick Opinion: Arroyo signed a three-year extension with the Reds, and will give you 200+ innings of work. However, his strikeout rate dropped in 2010, so expect just under a 4.00 ERA and 1.30 WHIP and 130 strikeouts in 2011.

Profile: Despite allowing a Blylevian 46 gopher balls in 2011, Arroyo really does profile as a pretty good back-end starter. He's durable (one inning shy of seven straight 200 inning seasons), carries a decent career strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.2), and averages about two wins a season despite pitching in a park that doesn't cater to his skill set whatsoever (120/133 HR park factor for GAB in 2011). The 2011 campaign wasn't friendly at all to Arroyo, and his -1.3 WAR serves notice, but part of it can be blamed on an out-of-whack home-run-per-fly-ball rate, and that he stopped inducing worm burners at a 40-plus percent rate for the first time since 2007. If anyone can overcome that sort of deviation, it's a wily veteran like Arroyo, but honestly, he'd be better suited in a more accommodating home park. (Brandon Warne)

The Quick Opinion: Given his skill set and current home park, Arroyo is simply undraftable in all but the deepest of leagues. Now, if he were to be dealt to say, San Diego or Seattle, he could be worth a late-round flyer. Otherwise, look the other way.

Profile: While Bronson Arroyo does not have much upside, the fact that he posted a career-high strikeout-to-walk ratio last season -- backed by a career-low walk rate of 4.2% which was second in the bigs behind Cliff Lee -- gives a prospective fantasy owner a bit more confidence in drafting the veteran right-hander. He plays in a bad park but has a solid defense behind him, and three of his past four years have seen him post between 12 and 17 wins with an ERA between 3.74 and 3.88. That'll do. (Ben Duronio)

The Quick Opinion: He is not flashy, but he can help in a few categories and is on a team that should allow him to win double-digit victories. Arroyo is consistently healthy, pounds the strike zone, and has a good defense behind him. Solid.

Profile: As an extreme fly-ball pitcher with little ability to miss bats, maybe Arizona wasn't the best place for Arroyo to end up. But even in the homer-friendly Great American Ball Park, he managed to post sub-four ERAs for the most part, so he should still have some value. In many ways, he's a fantasy equivalent to Kyle Lohse without the above-average ERA -- low walks, low strikeouts, high innings. The only reason he was more valuable than Lohse last year was the win totals, which is generally a shot in the dark, so it wouldn't be wise to put too much stock in that. Arroyo isn't much to get excited about, and at 37 years old, one has to wonder how long his smoke-and-mirrors act will be effective. Best-case scenario, he's fringe top-75 guy, and I don't see any real upside from that mark, either. (JP Breen)

The Quick Opinion: Aside from an albatross season in 2011, Arroyo has been remarkably consistent. Owners have been able to bank on roughly 200 innings, an ERA hovering around 3.80, a decent WHIP and few strikeouts. He's a fringe top-75 starter whose value is in quantity over quality.

Profile: After going his whole career without being deactivated due to injury, Bronson Arroyo was placed on the disabled list during the middle of the 2014 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Arroyo won’t have a chance to pitch until the second half of 2015, and even then he’s not worth adding. (Zach Sanders)